Where does “memperselirkan” come from?

memperselirkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian memper- -kan, from Indonesian meng-, from Malay meng-, from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

memperselirkan (Indonesian): to take as a concubine

Definitions

  1. to take as a concubine

Ancestry of “memperselirkan”, step by step

memperselirkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian memper- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmemper- -kan—
2Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
4Proto-Malayic*mAN-—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Indonesian selir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianselirconcubine, a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
2Malayselir—
3Javaneseꦱꦼꦭꦶꦂ—
4Old Javanesesĕlir—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Indonesian meng- →Every word from Malay meng- →